Difference between revisions of "Sniper: Ghost Warrior 2"

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Sniper: Ghost Warrior
Sniper: Art of Victory	2008
Sniper: Ghost Warrior	2010
Sniper: Ghost Warrior 2	2013
Sniper: Ghost Warrior 3	2017
Sniper: Ghost Warrior Contracts	2019
Sniper: Ghost Warrior Contracts 2	2021

Key points

Some users has reported that by having ASCII characters in Steam nickname it will give errors at launch and it will not run the game forcing the user to change the nickname to basic characters.^[1]

General information

Official website

Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Amazon.com
GamersGate

Green Man Gaming
Humble Store
Steam

All versions require Steam DRM.

DLC and expansion packs

Name	Notes
Digital Extras
World Hunter Pack
Siberian Strike

Essential improvements

Skip intro videos

Disable company logos^{[citation needed]}
Go to `<path-to-game>\Game\_FastLoad\`. Rename/move/delete `IntroMovies.pak`.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>\system.cfg^{[Note 1]}
Steam Play (Linux)	<Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/34870/pfx/^{[Note 2]}

Game data files (.pak files) are ordinary ZIP archives and can be extracted and modified.

There are many .cfg files within .pak files with configuration variables. You can experiment with different setting by placing these cvars in config.cfg or autoexec.cfg file.

Save game data location

System	Location
Windows	%USERPROFILE%\Saved Games\SniperGhostWarrior2
Steam Play (Linux)	<Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/34870/pfx/^{[Note 2]}

Save game cloud syncing

System	Native	Notes
Steam Cloud

Video settings

Basic settings.

Advanced settings.

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Crossfire

Use the Crysis2 crossfire profile.

Field of view (FOV)

This game uses vertical FOV. See FOV Calculator for help.

Field of view^{[citation needed]}

Go to <path-to-game>
Open system.cfg
Add these lines and change xx for your desired FoV value:

cl_fov = xx
r_drawnearfov = xx
pl_movement.power_sprint_targetfov = xx

Disable motion blur

Disable motion blur^{[citation needed]}
Go to `<path-to-game>` Open `autoexec.cfg`. Create it if necessary. Add line `r_MotionBlur = 0` and save.

Disable SSAO

This will disable screen space ambient occlusion effect (shadows around object) and gain 20% frame rate boost.

Disable SSAO^{[citation needed]}
Go to `<path-to-game>` Open `autoexec.cfg`. Create it if necessary. Add line `r_SSAO = 0` and save.

Input settings

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Audio settings

Template:Audio settings

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English
Czech
French
German
Italian
Polish
Spanish

Network

Multiplayer types

Type	Native	Players	Notes
LAN play		12
Online play		12

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	9, 11

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	XP	Vista, 7 SP1
Processor (CPU)	Intel Core 2 Duo 2 GHz AMD Athlon 64 x2 2 GHz	Intel Core i5 2.6 GHz AMD Phenom X4
System memory (RAM)	2 GB	4 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	9 GB
Video card (GPU)	Nvidia GeForce 8800 GT AMD Radeon 3850 512 MB of VRAM DirectX 9.0c compatible	Nvidia GeForce GTX 560 AMD 6850 1 GB of VRAM DirectX 11 compatible

Notes

↑ When running this game without elevated privileges (Run as administrator option), write operations against a location below %PROGRAMFILES%, %PROGRAMDATA%, or %WINDIR% might be redirected to %LOCALAPPDATA%\VirtualStore on Windows Vista and later (more details).
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data (use Wine regedit to access Windows registry paths). Games with Steam Cloud support may store data in ~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/34870/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (34870) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.

References

↑ http://steamcommunity.com/app/34870/discussions/0/828933455509155837/

[gamedir-2] When running this game without elevated privileges (Run as administrator option), write operations against a location below %PROGRAMFILES%, %PROGRAMDATA%, or %WINDIR% might be redirected to %LOCALAPPDATA%\VirtualStore on Windows Vista and later (more details).

[Proton_path_note-3] 2.0 ^2.1 File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data (use Wine regedit to access Windows registry paths). Games with Steam Cloud support may store data in ~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/34870/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (34870) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.

[1] ttp://steamcommunity.com/app/34870/discussions/0/828933455509155837/

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Developers

	City Interactive
Engines
	CryEngine 3
Release dates
Windows	March 12, 2013